Oil-can holder.



@EST AVAILABLE cop? (lg Wt BECK. OIL CAN HQLDERI. AYPEIPLIGATION nun LI-A125, 1913.

v Patented Dec. 9,1913.

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OIL-CAN nonnnn' :Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec-.9, 1,913

the following is a Specification. 4 The main object of his invention is to provide a very simple, durable and eific1ent device for automatically. gripping and hold-.

ingan 'oil'can.

A further object of the invention is to so construct theoil canholder that the oil'can A may be quickly. disengaged therefrom, said can being'yield'ably'held in position against accidental displacement. p -Another obj ect of the 'n'vention is. to pro- Vi'deasimple device which may be readily secured in position within an automobile engine hood so that-an'Oil can maybe se *curely-held in convenient position for. use,

' and by a device which will yield and permit the can to be "disengaged therefrom by a pull on the can v p Anotherobject of the invention is to pro- .vide an "interlockingconstantly engaged [means 'by which the two. Inernbers pfsthe holder are j'connected together at their f outer ends, whereby sa1d members vwill supported in. the" sanie'jplane' and will be limited in their outward or separating niove-- '1 inent.

In the drawings,.Fi-gure 1 dis-a plan View; of theholder; Fig. a side elevation thereof? support, an oil can- 85 showing it secured to a being shown therein a front elevation of the a bottom planview thereof. p p v Referring to the; various parts by numer-v which is dotted lines Fig. 3

formed of sheet of the main semi-circular holding arm: 2 and the. outwardly extending radial sup-- porting h1g3 which other device.'- The main holding arm 2, where ;it joins. the supporting lug is bent upwardly so that itsmain body his slightly higher plane than the attaching and supporting lug,- as clearly shown in the drawings, for a. purpose which. wlll be hereinafter se t the supporting lug have invented certain new. and useful, Improvementsin Oil-Can Holders, of which holder; and Fig. 4

' Theswinging holdingarm -is bent up 1 designates the'main body of thQfhOldQIT metal stamped or, otherwise pressed into form and consisting p is perforated. near its end for the passage of'a securing screw or.

portion is which is apertured. horizontally.

arm is also forth, At the juncture ofwith' the holding farm,- 5 two downwardly extending Stops 4: are

with the said arm-,fone or Application fi1ed-Harh 25,1913; iserialnmrsae'za.

lug. These s Pivoted to supp e This swingingkholding arm is substa'ntially semi-circular .in' plan view and isfprovi ded atfits, inner end with. an upwardly extends ing inwardly inclined holding lug Sand at its outer end with asimilar lug 9. The outer Figsgland lot the drawings. Each, holding arm is .formed on 'itsinncrmargin with :a "hook 7, said 'hooksbeing connected together by means of a coil sprmg '8.- It is manifest that thisspring will hold I said-stops'bemg ion each side'of the I ops are adapted to rest against" ;.the edge of the board or other support on which the holder. is secured, asshown clearly in Fig. 2,.to prevent the rotation of the hold-- ing arm and attaching it about-the securing screw. t e

atthe point where it joins'the' holding-arm 2 is a pivoted orv swinging holdinga'rm 5 efids of the holding arms abut-together on a radial line diametricallyopposite the lpivot of the holding arm*5, as shown clearly in the swinging arm yieldingly against the main or rigid holding arm. The, main arm 1 is provided with. an upwardly and inwardly extendingholding big 10 and the .oil can is yieldingly held between thesaid three holding lugs, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 "of. the drawings. It is manifestthat by grasping the oil can and pulling it outwardly. the swinging holding arm will move outwardly and permit the can to be detached from the holder. When it is desired to se cure the can in place the swinging arm may be easily moved outwardly on its pivot to. permit the insertion ofathe-can between the;

holding lugs. f

wardly close. to its plvot sothat'its main body portion lies above the pivotll' and in the same plane with the main holding arm. Bythis means the pivotis depressed below the surfaces of the holding arms and will not contact with the bott om of the oil can. This: is joilimp ortance, forv the reason that bent downwardly to 'form the stop lug 13,

the oil can'b'ottom would soon be worn and and it is also provided with the-outwardly extending supportingtongue 14 which "is 1 adapted to slide through the aperture in the lug 12. The outer end of this supporting I tongue is provided with a stop lugwhich is adapted to engage the lug 12 on the rigid holding arm andto thereby limit the out- Ward swinging movement of the holding arm 5. The supporting tongue 14 isadapted to engage the lug- 12 and to thereby support the outer or free end' ofthe swinging arm 5. It is manifest, therefore, that this supporting tongue serves thedoublepurpose of limiting the outward swinging movement of the arm 5 and supporting the said arm at its outer end. By this means the two holding arms 2 and 5 are maintained in the same horizontal plane and any strain tendmitted to the opposite arm, thereby renderof said arms abutting together, a spring ing to bend one or the other will be trans.-

ing the entire holding device more rigid and'less liable to be renderedinoperative.

What'l claim is:

'1. An' oil can holder comprising a main holding arm, a supporting lug, a swinging holding arm plvotally connected toy and carried by the mam holding arm, the two ends connecting said two arms, upstanding lugs carried byfsaid arms and adapted to engage anoil can, a supporting tongue formed at the outer end o l: one of said arms and a supporting and limiting stop carried by the other arm and engaged bythe supporting tongue.

An oil can holder comprising a main "holding'arm, a supporting lug, a swinging holding arm pivotally connected to and carriedjby the main holding arm, the two ends of said arms abuttingtogether, a spring conn'eetingsaid two arms, upstanding lugs carried by said arms and adapted to engage I an oil can, and interlocking means carried by the holding arms at their outer ends and adapted to limit the separating movement of said arms.

3-. An oil can holder comprising a main holding. arm, a supporting lug, a swinging holding'arm pivotally connected to and carried by the main holding arm, the two ends of said arms abutting together, 'a spring connecting said two arms, upstanding lugs carried by said arms and adapted to engage an oil can, and interlocking means carried by the holding arms at their outer ends and adapted to limit'the separatingmovement of said arms, said interlocking means serving to maintain the outer ends of the holding arms in the same horizontal plane.

I 4. A two-part oil can holder consisting-of a supporting'lug, an integral horizontal holding arm provided with integral up.

standing can holding lugs, a pivoted arm connected to-the rigid arm near the holdmg lug,- sald pivoted arm being also formed with integral upstanding holding lugs, a supporting tongue carried by one'of said arms, a supporting and limiting stop carried loy the other arm and adapted to be engaged by the supporting tongue to limit the separating movement of said arms and to mainta-in them in the same horizontal plane.

.arms'abuttingtogether on a,radial line dia-- metrically opposite the pivot of the swinging arm, a spring connecting sa d two arms together, upstanding lugs carried by saidarm and adapted to engage an 0ilcan,' asu'pportmgftongue carried cne olt' -s'ald arms, a supportmg and limiting stop carried by the other arm and adapted to be engaged by the supporting tongue to limitthe separating movement .of-said arms and to maintain them in the same horizontal plane. 'In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHASWV. BECK. Witnesses:

E ILY HUR ER, JEFFERSON THUR'BER. 

